Mark, I'm going offline for a bit, but, if you can't figure out why sendmail's pulling the wrong timezone from your machine, you can force a timezone. Add the following to your sendmail.mc file and "make" a new sendmail.cf. Of course, you'll need to restart sendmail.
entry in sendmail.mc: define(`confTIME_ZONE', `EST5EDT')dnl results in sendmail.cf O TimeZoneSpec=EST5EDT -- Paul @ Thy Service > Mark, > > The problem is definitely with that server. You can see the +0400 EDT > whcih should be -0400 EDT, hence your 8 hours difference. ;) > > What is sendmail's timezone set to? (TimeZoneSpec= ) > > -- > Paul > @ Thy Service > >> Paul, >> >> The date/time is still correct: >> Received: from 198.205.32.93 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mark) >> by www.adeliesystems.com with HTTP; >> Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 +0400 (EDT) >> >> My server is doing something... hmmmmmmmm >> >> The plot thickens --- >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 19, 2006 11:19, Paul G. Szabady wrote: >>> Mark, >>> >>> >>> In looking at your headers, it seems like the problem is at the >>> originating machine, 198.205.32.93. Note the timestamp: >>> >>> Snippet: >>> Received: from 198.205.32.93 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mark) >>> by www.adeliesystems.com with HTTP; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 +0400 >>> (EDT) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Start FULL headers: >>> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Received: from talon.trilug.org (talon.trilug.org [64.244.27.142]) >>> by at.thyservice.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4JF8Sf3005312 for >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:28 -0400 >>> Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) >>> by talon.trilug.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A1461A1BB2; Fri, 19 May >>> 2006 >>> 11:08:26 -0400 (EDT) >>> Received: from talon.trilug.org ([127.0.0.1]) >>> by localhost (talon [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id >>> 12817-03-6; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:26 -0400 (EDT) >>> Received: from talon.trilug.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) >>> by talon.trilug.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2A4619F6F8; Fri, 19 May >>> 2006 >>> 11:08:20 -0400 (EDT) >>> X-Original-To: [email protected] >>> Delivered-To: [email protected] >>> Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) >>> by talon.trilug.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 507F8619F6F4 for >>> <[email protected]>; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:18 -0400 (EDT) >>> Received: from talon.trilug.org ([127.0.0.1]) >>> by localhost (talon [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id >>> 12817-03-2 for <[email protected]>; >>> Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:16 -0400 (EDT) >>> Received: from technicalpublishing.com >>> (rrcs-24-172-58-60.midsouth.biz.rr.com >>> [24.172.58.60]) >>> (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) >>> (No client certificate requested) >>> by talon.trilug.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF8D619F6EF for >>> <[email protected]>; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:16 -0400 (EDT) >>> Received: from www.adeliesystems.com (localhost.localdomain >>> [127.0.0.1]) >>> by technicalpublishing.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4JF87Qe020191 >>> for >>> <[email protected]>; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 -0400 >>> Received: from 198.205.32.93 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mark) >>> by www.adeliesystems.com with HTTP; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 +0400 >>> (EDT) >>> Message-ID: >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> In-Reply-To: >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> References: >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 +0400 (EDT) >>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] email time stamp incorrect >>> From: "Mark Fowle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]> >>> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 >>> MIME-Version: 1.0 >>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 >>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >>> X-TIPS-Mail-Server-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for >>> more information X-TIPS-Mail-Server-MailScanner: Found to be clean >>> X-TIPS-Mail-Server-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87.1, clamav-milter version 0.87 on >>> localhost X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at >>> trilug.org X-BeenThere: [email protected] >>> X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 >>> Precedence: list >>> Reply-To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list >>> <[email protected]> >>> List-Id: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug.trilug.org> >>> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug>, >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> List-Archive: <http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug> >>> List-Post: <mailto:[email protected]> >>> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> List-Subscribe: <http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug>, >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at trilug.org >>> X-Virus-Status: Clean >>> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on >>> at.thyservice.com X-Spam-Level: >>> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.2 required=2.5 >>> tests=BAYES_00,DATE_IN_PAST_06_12 autolearn=no version=2.64 Status: RO >>> X-UID: 132811 >>> Content-Length: 2012 >>> X-Keywords: >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Paul >>> @ Thy Service >>> >>> >>>> thanks - It's definitely my server that's doing it - I just don't know >>>> where to look. The system date and time show correctly, the timezone >>>> is >>>> right.... Just not sure where else to look (except inside >>>> sendmail.cf/sendmail.mc) -- >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 19, 2006 11:05, Barry Gaskins wrote: >>>> >>>>> I could be wrong but isn't the time stamp on the email set by the >>>>> person sending the email? Maybe the person who sent you the email >>>>> has >>>>> the time or timezone set incorrectly on the machine that they sent it >>>>> from. I dont think the mail server machine sets the timestamp. I do >>>>> notice that your email says that it was sent 8 hours ago (I am >>>>> looking >>>>> at it using the gmail web interface.) >>>>> >>>>> - Barry Gaskins >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 5/19/06, Mark Fowle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> When I receive email from my mail server the time stamp is off by >>>>>> -8 >>>>>> hours. The system date/time is correct and so is the timezone - I >>>>>> am using sendmail on a RHEL 4 server. 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